Max Ernst: Sculpture and Recent Paintings

by Sam Hunter (Editor), Lucy R. Lippard (Essayist), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (Essayist)

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Jewish Museum, New York, NY between March 3 and April 17, 1966, with a statement by the artist as introduction. Essays included: "The Paintings:'It Is Beautiful Enough the Way It Is'" by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, 'The Sculpture' by Lucy Lippard and 'Recent Book Illustration' by John Russell.

65 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Sam Hunter (January 5, 1923 – July 27, 2014) was an American historian of modern art. He was an author, an Emeritus professor of art history at Princeton University, director of the Jewish Museum, founding director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, acting director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and a visiting professor at the Clark Art Institute at Williams College, Harvard University and various other institutions of higher learning.

He penned monographs, exhibition catalogues, articles, wrote the original book on the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, contributed to textbooks and various treatments of modern art. In addition to curating many museum and gallery exhibitions, Hunter has written on Francis Bacon, Tom Wesselman, George Segal, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Jackson Pollock, and many other contemporary and modern masters.

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book of Ernst's work, not necessarily because of the reproduction quality, but because of the accompanying essays. The work is better seen in color and larger- but the writing is superb. Each of these essayists have gone on to write so much else. Early in their careers, the passion they have for art and writing about art shines through. I have read up on Ernst often and am happy to have found these three, who I feel have captured the essence of the artist by looking at his three main media seperately, but each author seemingly equally engaged.